Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

I have a no contact order against me. The judge ordered it. I was arrested on June 1st for battery. My stepdad and I got in an argument, I pushed him and he called police. They arrested me for battery. I pleaded no contest and am on probabtion for a year. About a week ago, my stepdad wrote the state attorney and the judge requesting a motion for the no contact order to be lifted. Since then, I have recieved in the mail, a notice of a hearing to lift no contact order on June 29th. My question is, Do I have to show up to the hearing? I do not have an attorney and have asked the clerks at the courthouse but nobody seems to know for sure.


Asked on 6/23/10, 4:23 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Craig Epifanio Craig Epifanio, P.A.

Absolutely you should go. The judge is going to wonder why you're not there. While you are not required to be there, if you want the no contact order lifted, you should go to court to assure the judge and the prosecutor that lifting it is the right thing to do.

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Answered on 6/23/10, 7:42 pm


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